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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Parts of speech. #192154 07/30/2010 5:47 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA In English, we traditionally learn there are eight parts of speech. That about does it for us. Are there any language that categorize words differently or use different / additional parts of speech? Are there any that use fewer? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Parts of speech. TheFallibleFiend 07/30/2010 5:47 PM Re: Parts of speech. zmjezhd 07/30/2010 6:18 PM Re: Parts of speech. TheFallibleFiend 07/30/2010 8:34 PM Re: Parts of speech. LukeJavan8 07/30/2010 9:09 PM Re: Parts of speech. zmjezhd 07/30/2010 9:27 PM Re: Parts of speech. Jackie 07/31/2010 3:07 AM Re: Parts of speech. zmjezhd 07/31/2010 3:53 AM Re: Parts of speech. Jackie 08/02/2010 2:31 AM Re: Parts of speech. LukeJavan8 08/02/2010 3:45 PM Re: Parts of speech. Jackie 08/03/2010 2:00 AM Re: Parts of speech. beck123 08/03/2010 2:38 AM Re: Parts of speech. Zed 08/03/2010 6:18 AM Re: Parts of speech. Jackie 08/04/2010 3:02 AM Re: Parts of speech. LukeJavan8 08/04/2010 4:33 PM Re: Parts of speech. TheFallibleFiend 08/04/2010 7:24 PM Re: Parts of speech. BranShea 08/04/2010 9:09 PM Re: Parts of speech. Avy 08/05/2010 1:32 AM Re: Parts of speech. LukeJavan8 08/05/2010 4:10 PM Re: Parts of speech. Jackie 08/06/2010 12:02 AM Re: Parts of speech. TheFallibleFiend 08/06/2010 3:28 AM Re: Parts of speech. zmjezhd 08/06/2010 1:10 PM Re: Parts of speech. TheFallibleFiend 08/06/2010 7:51 PM Re: Parts of speech. beck123 08/06/2010 11:44 PM Re: Parts of speech. Faldage 08/07/2010 12:14 AM Re: Parts of speech. beck123 08/07/2010 5:04 AM Re: Parts of speech. zmjezhd 08/07/2010 12:45 PM Re: Parts of speech. beck123 08/07/2010 4:10 PM Re: grassing on the nark zmjezhd 08/07/2010 6:03 PM Re: grassing on the nark BranShea 08/07/2010 6:18 PM Re: retaining water zmjezhd 08/07/2010 6:28 PM Re: retaining water BranShea 08/07/2010 6:35 PM Re: retaining water beck123 08/08/2010 9:19 PM Re: retaining water Faldage 08/08/2010 9:27 PM Re: grassing on the nark TheFallibleFiend 08/07/2010 11:25 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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